Advanced Cardiac Radiographer – CT: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

To support the newly opened Community Diagnostics Centre based at Mile End Hospital, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Advanced Cardiac CT Radiographer to work within the Cardiac CT service provision networked from the service at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The launch of the CDC will ensure patients have access to specialised services within a community setting, whilst taking advantage of close links with the service at Bart’s Heart Centre.

If you are a dynamic, enthusiastic, experienced Cardiac Radiographer, specialised in Cardiac CT and are looking for a challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to work within a newly established service alongside a friendly, hard-working, ambitious and highly skilled team of Radiographers within the CDC and in collaboration with the Cardiac Imaging service at St Bart’s NHS Trust.

As part of this exciting role, you will be working as a key member of the Cardiac Imaging team, involved in the operational running of the department, under the leadership and deputising to the Operational Lead Radiographer.

The Cardiac service within St Bart’s Trust is involved in a large amount of research and complex scanning with plenty of opportunities to get involved. We are immensely proud to have many of our Radiographers publishing research and representing us at conferences.

The service at the CDC is based on a 7 day a week, 12 hours a day model offering flexible access to patients from around London and beyond.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an Advanced Specialist Practitioner within Cardiac Imaging, where they will be an advocate for radiographer professional development and use their advanced knowledge to support specialist radiographer education and training. They will provide high quality, effective Imaging services within Cardiac CT. The post holder will work closely with Radiographers, students and clinical staff of all grades in providing safe, prompt and effective imaging. This will be done at the Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) at Mile End.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc or Diploma in Diagnostic Radiography
  • HCPC State Registration

Desirable

  • Post Graduate specialist training equivalent to Master’s level.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of expert Cardiac CT radiographic experience.
  • Experience of working with junior staff and students.
  • Vast practical Cardiac Radiography experience post qualification

Desirable

  • Experience in perusing innovation and role development in Cardiac CT radiography.
  • Experience in more than one hospital.
  • Evidence of experience of first line management

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of advanced knowledge in Cardiac CT imaging.
  • Portfolio of evidence of advanced professional development/training and education for Cardiac CT Radiography.
  • Evidence that knowledge of Cardiac CT imaging techniques is up to date.
  • Evidence of the ability to critically analyse Cardiac CT radiography practice and role development/training potential.

Desirable

  • Post graduate specialist Cardiac CT training equivalent to Master’s level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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